Garment-hanger.



A. J. SMITH. GARMENT HANGER. APPLICATION FILED 11110.18, 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910.

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A. J. SMITH. GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.18, 1909.

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ANDREW J. SMITH, OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

' GARMENT-HANGER.

Bloomington, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Garmentil langers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment hangers, and particularly to oneincluding novel means for suspending a coat and a pair of trousers.

The object of the invention is to provide an article combining the abovefeatures, which shall be simple of construction, effective and durablein use, which shall maintain a coat in the best possible shape, as alsoa pair of trousers, retainingthe leg creases of the latter in properform, and which shall be capable of being folded or collapsed to occupybut small space, thus to facilitate its being placed within a hand bagor trunk.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a combined coat and trousershanger, as will be hereinafter fully described and'claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts:Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the article, showing the same as itappears when supporting a coat and apair of trousers. Fig. 2 is a viewof the structure collapsed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view.Fig. 4. is a detail view of one of the trousers clamps.

In describing the invention, only one-half of the structure will bereferred to, as both parts are duplicates, so that a description of onewill serve for both.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates the hook or hanger-rod thiselement, as are also the other elements of the device, being constructedof a length of wire of any suitable gage, and galvanized or otherwisetreated to render it rustproof. The upper end of the rod is formed intoa hook 2, and its lower end into a circle 3' and a loop 4:, the functionof which will appear later on.

Slidably mounted upon the rod 1 is a distender designated generally 5,the function of which is to spread the shoulder supporters designatedgenerally 6 and 7, when the parts Specification of Letters Patent.Patented July 216, 1910, Application filed December 18, 1909.

Serial No. 533,888.

are in the position shown in Fig. 1. The distender is provided at itscenter with a loop or eye 8 through which the rod 1 ex tends, with twoeyes 9, disposed at right angles to the loop 8, the ends of thedistender being .formed into two interlocked loops or eyes 10 thatembrace the rod 1, and thereby, in conjunction with the eye 8, providingpositive means for guiding the distender and to cause it to retain theshoulder supporters in operative position when a garment is upon thedevice.

Each shoulder supporter 6 is constructed from a length of wire bent uponitself and threaded through the eye 9, and straddles the distender 5, bywhich it is checked from swinging movement, the free ends of the supportbeing formed, the one into a yoke 11, and the other into an arm 12 thatis secured, as by solder, to the other member adjacent to the yoke.

The support 7 is formed with a whirl 13 disposed between the members ofthe support 6 and the loop 14k to enga e the eye 12 of the support. Oneend of t e support is formed into a horizontal loop 15, which constitutes a coat shoulder support, and thence into an eye 16 and a loopor whirl 17. The other end of the support 7 is provided intermediate itsends with an eye or loop 18, and this eye, in conjunction with the eyeof the complemental support, is engaged by rivet or cotter-pin 19 thatpasses through the eye 4: of the rod 1.

Engaging the eye 16 of the support 7 is one end of a coat arm extender20, which is looped to straddle the whirl 17, the member 21 of the loopbeing arranged to work against one side of the whirl, while the body ofthe extender works at the other side, and thus maintains the extender ina proper and operative position. The intermediate portion of theextender is bent to form an eye 22 and a whirl 23, and this extremity isrebent to provide a loop 24 to prevent bulging or disfigurement of thecoat sleeve. The object of the extenders is to keep the sides of thecoat extended and thus prevent wrinkling in the front and back.

As stated, it is one of the objects of the invention to provide a novelform of trousers clamps, which, in operation, will not only tend to holdthe trousers in suspension, butwill also operate to preserve the creasein the legs thereof.

The trousers clamp embodies two members 25 and 26, the former of whichis provided with a loop 27 that engages the eye 22, with an intermediateeye 28 to receive the member 25 and with a terminal hook 29 that engagesa similar hook 30 at the terminal of the support 7. The member 25 islooped around the member 26 adjacent to the loop 30, and its other endis formed into an arm 32 that bears upon the member 26. Each of themembers 25 and 26 has secured to it, as by solder, a length of sheetmetal 33, and these two members, on each side of the structure,constitute the trousers clamps. By reason of the interlocked loop 29 andarm 32, the members 33 will be caused normally to lie in juxtaposedposition, and in operation exert sufiicient pressure upon the legs of apair of trousers to insure their proper suspension irrespective of theirweight.

A feature of importance, and to which attention is called, is theconstruction of the shoulder supports 6, as these subserve the doublefunction of shoulder rests, and also of guiding the members 7 when thearticle is in collapsed position, as shown in Fig. 2.

By reason of the arrangement and peculiar assemblage of parts of thedevice, all the elements will be maintained in proper operativeposition, so that the garments supported thereby will be held in amanner that will insure their being kept in the best pos siblecondition.

I claim:

1. A garment hanger comprising a supporting rod, a distender slidablymounted thereon, shoulder supports pivotally connected with thedistender, and-arm extenders pivotally connected with the shouldersupports. r

2. A garment hanger comprising a supporting rod, a distender slidablymounted thereon, shoulder supports pivotally connected with thedistender, arm extenders pivotally connected with the shoulder supports,and trousers clamps connecting the arm and shoulder supports.

3. A garment hanger comprising a supporting rod, a distender slidablymounted thereon and provided with eyes, shoulder supports threadedthrough the eyes and straddling the distender, secondary. shouldersupports pivotally connected with the firstnamed supports, arm extenderspivotally connected with shoulder supports, and trousers clampspivotally connecting the arm and the secondary shoulder supports.

4. A garment hanger comprising a supporting member, a distender slidablymounted thereon, main and supplemental coat supports collapsiblyconnected with the distender, and trousers clamps connecting the mainand supplemental sup ort s.

In testimony whereof I a%x my signature in presence of two witnesses. c

ANDREW J. SMITH. Witnesses:

J. E. MORRISON, A. E. ROGERS.

